Juanita Faye Benson

Juanita Faye Benson, 72, of Auxvasse, died at 10:39 p.m., Tuesday, February, 10, 2015 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Audrain in Mexico.

Private family services will be held at a later date. Pickering Funeral Home is handling thearrangements.

Juanita was born August 25, 1942, in Bachelor, Mo., a daughter of Orville Lynn and Alice Juanita (Wilks) Dryden.

She worked for Smarr Trucking Company and later worked for and retired from Fed Ex Freight.

Survivors include two sons, Floyd Benson and wife Pamela of Centralia, and Kevin Benson and wife Christina of Mexico; two brothers, Larry Dryden of Collinsville, Ill, and Donald Dryden of Urich, Mo; three sisters, Evelyn Reichert of Centralia, Sandra McDermott of Auxvasse, and Glenda Bullard of Mt. Pleasant, Tx; 13 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephew and cousins and many others.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sons, Duane Lincoln Napolis and Darren Mitchell Napolis; one sister, Wanda Uvon Wykoff; and one brother, James Allen Dryden.

Expressions of sympathy may be given at pickeringfh.com